hd problem

[Keith Antoine]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 02:03 am, David A. Bandel wrote:

> AFAIK, ftp wasn't designed for recursive transfers.  For that, I would
> use rsync.  That said, I use cpio to grab directories/disks.  Generally,
> I create a TOC using find, then cat that TOC through cpio with all the
> appropriate switches.  Once I have a .cpio file, I bzip2 it and xfer it.
>  cpio has always had the advantage that it will grab special files
> (named pipes, sockets, device files) that tar won't.  I also verify
> backups, and I note that most youngsters today don't.
>
> But then you're asking an "old school" admin who still types sync three
> times before unmounting a disk.  Could be tar will do you nicely.
>
> Ciao,
>
> David A. Bandel

David,

I was thinking that if I installed a linux on this other drive and called a 
cron job from there, would it backup windows to linux even though its not 
actually running? Just a no brain query.

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